Class 2 become immersed in new texts using many different strategies. We walk through the story using actions. We hot seat the characters imagining ourselves as a character, asking each other questions to develop a greater understanding of how they feel or why they do the things they do. We role play key scenes, imagine…
As part of our learning about Easter, Class 1 enjoyed an end of term Easter egg hunt! We had to look high and low but found what we were looking for!
Class 2 have been on safari at Paignton Zoo! We started the day by going into their Learning Zone where we were allowed to touch some Safari animals skins, bones and an Elephants tusk. Quite a number of children were surprised to hear that some of their favourite animals are endangered. After this session we then went…
Exeter University students came to Class 1, volunteering their time to support us with our art work. It was all hands on deck making huge safari animals, paper plate jungle angle faces, textured leaves for our display and animal paintings. We are very grateful for their free time and also very proud of our work!
As part of our topic, Magic and Mystery, we read the story of Professor Puffendorf’s Secret Potions. We decided to make our own potions, like the professor. We used milk, honey, oats,oil, washing up liquid, food colouring and salt to name but a few ingredients to make up our fantastic potions. Some of our potions…
As part of the annual nationwide campaign to celebrate & raise awareness of student volunteering and to inspire more students to make a positive impact, Class 2 welcomed eight wonderful Exeter University Students in to work on an art project for the afternoon. As a team we created an amazing Savannah scene in under 2 hours. We…
Class 2 were so excited to have another Shakespeare workshop led by Mr Jinks. First we found out some interesting facts about Shakespeare, where and when he lived and the different types of plays he wrote. Then the children acted out probably one of his most famous plays, Hamlet, again really engaging with the story…
Class 2 were given the choice what they would like to make as part of our topic work this term, voting to make pancakes. They used the maths that has been their focus this week when they weighed the flour. We have been reading and writing instructions in literacy, children were spotting adjectives, verbs and…
We learn maths in lots of different ways. Recently the children have been using non-standard units to measure weight, comparing objects with the 100g and kg weights and some of us have measured the weight of everyday items in grams. We have also been using coins to help us understand how we can use different…
In Class 2, we are reading a Traditional Tale from China about a little girl who has a magic paintbrush and the children will be writing their own versions. To inspire their learning they all imagined they had their own Magic Paintbrush to help the poor, they then decided what they would paint if they…